The Five Winds

Zusatztext As the luxury China Belle enters Australian waters! its passengers have little idea of the tragedy that awaits them! particularty not Mal Wilioughby! who is returning to his native land to start a new life with his Chinese wife Jun Lien. The crew! led by First Officer Jake Tussup! mutinies off the coast of Australia! taking the passengers hostage. By the time the horrific ordeal is over and the crew have escaped to the goldfields of the Palmer River! Mal's beautiful wife is dead and the lives of all the survivors have been altered for ever. Informationen zum Autor Born in Melbourne, Patricia Shaw worked as a teacher, political journalist and an oral historian, before pursuing a literary career. Her novel THE FIVE WINDS won the prestigious Corine International Book Prize. Patricia lives on the beautiful Gold Coast of Australia. Klappentext A tumultuous story of revenge and betrayal from 'one of the foremost writers of Australian historical novels' says Historical Novels Review Zusammenfassung A tumultuous story of revenge and betrayal from 'one of the foremost writers of Australian historical novels' says Historical Novels Review

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Patricia Shaw
• Verlag: Headline
• Sprachen: Englisch
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.06.2004
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur
• EAN: 9780755303731
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-0373-1
• Anzahl Seiten: 532
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 11.1 x 17.7 x 3.2 cm
• Themen: FICTION / General; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Historical fiction; Generational sagas